Characteristics
Dicots
Swietenia macrophylla King
HONDURAS MAHOGANY; BIGLEAF MAHOGANY
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As a valuable timber species, its native populations have strongly declined (Grogan 2010).
Not Native
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Citation
SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA King, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1550. 1886.
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HONDURAS: Cult. in Calcutta, without data, King s.n. (holotype; CAL?; isotype: K).
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Miami-Dade
USF
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Swietenia belizensis
Swietenia belilzensis Lundell, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 6: 36. 1941.
TYPE: BELIZE: Stann Creek Distr.: Stann Creek Valley, Big Eddy Ridge, 30 Mar 1941, Genele 3541 (holotype: MICH).
Swietenia candollei
Swietenia candollei Pittier, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 10: 33. 1920.
TYPE: VENEZUELA: Aragua: La Trinidad de Maracay, 31 Jan 1913, Pittier 5789 (holotype: US).
Swietenia krukovii
Swietenia krukovii Gleasin, in Gleason & Panshin, Amer. J. Bot. 23: 21, t. 1. 1936.
TYPE: BRAZIL: Acre: Porto de Brasil, on Rio Jurupary, 15 Jul 1933, Krukoff 5223 (holotype: NY; isotypes: A, BM, F, K, MICH, MO, S, U, US).
Swietenia macrophylla var. marabaensis
Swietenia macrophylla King, var. marabaensis Ledoux & Lobato, Estud. Florest. Estuar. Amaz. 15: 1. 1972.
TYPE: BRAZIL: Pará: Retion of Marabá, s.d., Ledoux & Lobato s.n. (holotype: MG).
Swietenia tessmannii
Swietenia tessmannii Harms, in Mildbraed, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 180. 1927.
TYPE: PERU: Ucayali: Yarinacocha, Oct 1925, Tessmann 5448 (holotype: B(destr.); isotypes: F(fragm.), NY).
Specimens and Distribution
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Counties listed: Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, St. George Pa
Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1971 - 2018
Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Florida
Miami-Dade Co.
03 Jun 1971
10912
W. T. GillisCULTIVATED. P.I. 123568, M-9197; Native to Central America; this introduction by Walter Koelz from India (number 2448) in garden at Nilambur.
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